VMI Marine

OK fellas, I'm stumped. When attempting to play a mission from DS or IT, the briefing screen pops up just fine. When I hit the next arrow to bring up the team selection screen, I get a CTD. The info: Gateway laptop Windows XP 5.1 Intel Celeron 1333 MHz Sound Card: ESS Allegro Driver ver: 5.12.01.1167 Video Card: Intel 830M Graphics Controller Driver ver: 6.13.01.3006 DirectX ver: 8.1 System RAM: 254 MB Video RAM: 32.0 MB IKE.LOG ***** User's system configuration ***** CPU: GenuineIntel 1330 MHz Pentium III Coppermine RAM: 254 MB O/S: Microsoft Windows 200

I opchecked it yesterday and they worked. Unfortunately I have no server space to U/L these pics to.

Marines from 2nd Bn 8th Marine Regiment (Task Force Tarawa), the Marine closest to the camera has a 3-color desert cover for his interceptor body armor More 2/8 Marines on the Hwy 8 bridge over the Euphrates River in An Nas Force Recon Marines, couldn't tell you if they are I MEF or TFT Another Force bubba, from I MEF More 2/8 Marines in An Nas 15th MEU Force Platoon near Umm Qasr > [MODERATOR EDIT: Click on this link for HUGE picture] 1st Bn 2d Marine Reg (Task Force Tarawa), can't remember the name of the town > [MODERATOR EDIT: Click on this link for la

Unless CFLC has significantly changed the ROE since my unit retrograded, the ROE is not the problem. I never felt constrained by the ROE, even during the security and stability ops we ran in Al Kut. As long as you apply them aggressively, ROE are not as much of a limiting factor as people make them out to be. Personally, I think the Army is generally doing things right over there. Yes, Americans are dying on a daily basis, and I mourn them and sympathize with their families, but combat operations are still ongoing, and no one but the media has said otherwise. Welcome to the world of Low Intens

I can't believe no one has said Tom Hanks in SPR. One of the best portrayals of a company grade officer I've ever seen.

The only line unit I know of to use the M14 was the 101st in Iraq. I have never seen it in the hands of a Marine 0311 in a line unit. I think Marine Security Force companies use them. As an aside, the East Coast battalions have purpose-built SAMRs, with a free-floating barrel, Leupold scope, and some other goodies. The West Coast battalions decided to simply mount a 4X32 ACOG on an M16A4. I don't think the East Coast SAMR was used in Iraq, unless 24 or 26 MEU had them. 1st Marine Division was quite happy with their setup, though.

Kerry Sanders, from NBC, let a Marine from our battalion call home just minutes after he was wounded taking a hospital in An Nasariyah. He also knew about it when Marines from 2/8 found a man who knew where Jessica Lynch was being kept. He sat on that story in the interest of preserving OPSEC. He's done quite a bit for the battalion throughout the war and since we left, which makes him a real Class A fellow in my book.

A T/O platoon of Marines (T/O meaning full strength) has the following: Platoon Commander (M16A4) Platoon Sergeant (M16A4) Platoon Guide (M16A4) Platoon Radio Operator (M16A4) Corpsman (M9 Beretta) 3 Squads, with each squad containing: Squad Leader (M16A4) 3 Fireteams, with each fireteam containing: Fireteam Leader (M16A4/M203) Automatic Rifleman (M249) Assistant Automatic Rifleman (M16A4) Rifleman (M16A4) So, 43 Marines and 1 Navy Corpsman with 25 M16A4s, 9 M249s, 9 M203s, and 1 9mm pistol. Now, if you want to know how my platoon actually looks, take out the platoon gu

C69, in The March Up by Bing West and MajGen Ray Smith, USMC (ret.), they initially follow a rifle squad from 3rd Bn 7th Marines that has been tasked with securing the Az Zubayr oil pumping station. One of the members of the squad served in the Russian Spetznaz before immigrating to the US and joining the Marine Corps. Another option is the British military, a friend of mine from college was unable to commission in the US Army because he was from St Vincent, in the Grenadine islands. Instead he joined the Royal Marines.

Dale Dye also plays a part in almost every movie that he consults on. In SPR, he was a colonel on Gen Marshall's staff. In BOB, he played Col Sink, and in Platoon, he played the company commander.

Argyll, I'm impressed with your work. The Marine Corps was actually a complete hodgepodge of uniforms over there. In Task Force Tarawa, all of the grunts had green flak jackets. 2/8 drew 3-color desert covers for the old flak jackets, then cut and sewed them on our interceptors. As far as I know we were the only unit that did this. The TFT grunts also had woodland MOPP suits, and 3-color helmet covers. 1st Marine Division seemed to have a lot more tan flaks and digital helmet covers. Of course, most of the pogues had tan flaks and desert MOPP suits. I'm still working on putting up some pic

Para, some outstanding work there. For some reason, the color of those M16s irks me a little. Ruin's pics looked more like the painted M4s that I saw up close and personal. But, who am I to talk, I couldn't even begin to create imagery like yours. BTW, for anyone working on a no-kidding OIF mod, I'm working on getting some pics of Task Force Tarawa to put up, including a picture or two of some guys from the Force platoon.

ReconSnake, my company commander carried his own personal CAR-15 in Iraq. No one batted an eye. Personally, I'm looking to pick up my own Aimpoint and BUIS for my M16A4, since the Marine Corps only saw fit to supply our company with 8 ACOGs and 14 reflex sights. You want to talk about going places without the proper equipment, take a look at our EDL sometime, the amount of broken NVGs and other equipment that we have. For that matter, try going into a fight in the desert in a woodland MOPP suit, having to cut desert covers for your flak jackets, and half of your men don't even have desert

connie, apologies, but there is a slight correction to your post. I tend to be a tad anal when my alma mater comes up. Patton never graduated from VMI, he transferred to West Point after a year. Chesty Puller also dropped out after his first year. Our most famous graduate is George C. Marshall. Many of you probably haven't heard of him, but run a search on his name, he's a helluva guy. Ruin, you need to go visit these schools and see which one you like the best. That's how I ended up at VMI. The distinction that the two state military schools have is that you are not required to contract,

Gents, I've been a longtime SOCNET member. For one thing, if CWO Warrington says it's crap, you can take it to the bank. Tracy is a highly respected and extremely professional member of the community. Several other members of the community have come out against this book, including a close, personal friend of Mr Moore. Also, there is another thread on the board (it may be in the APO forum) indicating that Robin Moore is now aware of the fact that Idema BS'd him and tries to avoid going to book signings where Idema will be present.

Connie, even though most Marines refer to operational units as "the Fleet," the FMF only consists of units that have been chopped to the Navy. The best examples are the MEUs. An east coast MEU is usually chopped to 6th Fleet. Units that have not chopped to a MEU or MEB are part of the operating forces, and are not in any way subordinate to the CNO.

I've noticed there are some good WWII mods out there, has anyone considered doing a series of missions to recreate the German assault on Eben Emael. It's a classic example of a special operation, with around 60 German gliderborne engineers reducing a fortress with a garrison of over 650 Belgian troops. There's a good book that details the mission, Spec Ops: Case Studies in Special Operations Warfare: Theory and Practice by William McRaven.